Nanjem Zitta, a deaf girl and a pupil of Model Science Primary School, Mabudi in Langtang South local government of Plateau State.
Our correspondent Bulus Bala Izang was in the school to their school and he had a chat with her.
TQM. What class are you in?
I am in class 4.
TQM. Are you staying with your parents or relation?
I am staying with my mother and my brothers and sisters, my father is death.
TQM. How far is your home from your school?
It is very far; my home is in a different community from that of my school.
TQM. How then do come to school? By bus or motorcycle?
I walk to school.
TQM. Do you like your school?
Yes, l do.
TQM. How much do your mother care for you?
She cares for me, but not very much.
TQM. Why do think she don’t care very much for you?
She doesn’t give me much things and don’t treat me the same way as she does to my brothers and sisters, she gives them more things than me.
TQM. Why do you think she does that?
Because, l have hearing impairment and they don’t have.
TQM. Which Secondary School would you like to go to, after you complete your primary school?
I would like to go to Jos and do my secondary school there.
TQM. Who give you things for school?
My mother
TQM. Does anyone else assist your mother with your school things, like school fees?
My uncle.
TQM. When you go to school in Jos, who do you think is going to pay your school fees?
I really don’t know.
TQM. What would you like to become when you grow up?
I would like to become a teacher.
TQM. Do children look for your trouble, because you have hearing impairment?
Yes,
TQM. In school or at home?
Most of the time at home
TQM. What do they do to you?
Sometimes, l see them laughing at me and sometimes they touch me and run away.
TQM. Do you report them?
No.
TQM. Don’t you think you should?
Yes, l think so.
TQM. If a big rich man should come to your school, what would like him to do for you?
I would like him to be paying my School fees.
TQM . Thank you so much Nanjem.
